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Special Reference to Automobile Accidents

Robert M. Greendyke, MD

JAMA. 1966;195(7):527-530.

Abstract
Forty-two cases of traumatic rupture of the aorta were encountered in 1,259 medicolegal autopsies performed in a four-year period. One of every six victims of fatal auto accidents sustained aortic rupture. This lesion was generally associated with accidents characterized by violent and sudden deceleration. Thirteen of 25 passengers and drivers sustaining aortic rupture were ejected from the automobiles. It is important to consider the possibility of aortic rupture in survivors of automobile crashes.

Author Affiliations
From the Office of the Medical Examiner, County of Monroe, and the Department of Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.

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